Here it is! The final installment of ridiculous haiku book reviews to chronicle my epic reading quest. I wasn’t able to write up each of the 52 books because sometimes I like to leave my house, but I am looking forward to reading what I want at my own pace. It’s not so bad when I first started my reading list, but as I continued to cross books off my list, it got harder and harder to have specific books lined up. I’m planning a conclusion post about what I learned and timely coincidences to neatly sum up everything, so stay tuned for that.
Without further ado, I present the last set of haiku I will ever post publicly (if you’re lucky):
A book with a love triangle: She Came to Stay, by Simone de Beauvoir.
First as “L’Invitée,”
De Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre:
An open marriage.
Actors and playwrights
In World War II-era France,
A menage-a-trois.
Lots of guessing, angst.
Abrupt ending was great though:
“And she died, the end.”
A book from your childhood: The Teaspoon Tree, by Mary B. Palmer.
Young Andulasia
Has lots of animal friends
Out in her backyard.
Her quest for a tree
Made of shimmering teaspoons,
Through swamps and tall grass,
Tests her bravery.
A good read for smart young girls,
A lovely story.
A book you were supposed to read in school but didn’t: Uncle Tom’s Cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
I was supposed to
Read it twice, including my
College thesis – oops.
When Stowe first published
Her ‘Uncle Tom’ serial
In a newspaper,
Lincoln said to her:
“So YOU started this big war.”
Thesis still makes sense.
A nonfiction book: Do Not Sell at Any Price, by Amanda Petrusich.
The world of 78’s
Is full of collectors who
Are searching for their
“Holy Grail” record.
Surviving 78’s
Are frail or broken.
Book is well-written,
Interesting. Petrusich
Really knows her stuff!
Louisa Gaylord 